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Coalition backs down on 'big stick' approach to energy policy2:28

The Coalition has pulled its so-called 'big stick' energy bill after losing support and is now preparing to capitulate on calls for a disability abuse royal commission to avoid another parliamentary loss.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says it was his intention to take the energy policy to the election, but Nationals Deputy Leader Bridget McKenzie says the bill won't be presented until the next parliament sitting.
Labor has called the backdown 'another abject failure' and claim it reiterates the disunity within the Coalition.
Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John has now given Prime Minister Scott Morrison draft terms of reference for a royal commission into the aged care and disability sector after the vote passed in the Senate this week.
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